Opinions for triplets!

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We are blessed enough to be having triplets due next month - a boy and two girls!

90% sure that DH and I are certain on their names but something in me keeps saying that they’re just not right. I’m Irish and he’s English, living in Northern Ireland but planning a move abroad in the future so we’ve chosen names that represent both our backgrounds yet are still quite mainstream and (hopefully) easy to pronounce. Any opinions good or bad very welcomed!

Conor Alexander
Maeve Isabel
Beatrice Fiadh (pronounced Fia, as in Mia)

Where do you plan to move? I would say these might feel good in Ireland, but Beatrice isn't pronounced the same in Italy for example.

Beatrice doesn’t really fit with the other names I don’t think. I like all the others.

I especially like Beatrice.

Sorry, should’ve been more clear - we’re hopefully moving to Canada with DH’s job

@BabyYoshke I agree with this and it is one of my concerns too. Beatrice has been my lifelong favourite name though and it just feels wrong not to use it! Very torn! My other options would be Charlotte or Lara but they doesn’t really ‘go’ either

Gorgeous names! Beatrix may fit a bit better?

They are all lovely names!

Why not Conor Maeve and Fia?

Or Conor Isabel and Beatrice

Maeve and Beatrice don't match

Conor kind of goes with everything

I think they're all lovely names. Beatrice means something to you so you should use it. You'll regret not using it if you don't. They don't need to match just because they're siblings.

Beautiful names, they don’t need to match

You've got to 36 weeks (or more) with triplets? That's amazing, well done.

Conor Alexander - I like Conor, not a name I would use and it used to feel a bit working class naughty boy but now it's rarely used it feels quite fresh and handsome. Alexander always works well in the middle name spot

Maeve Isabel - Maeve is my least favourite of your names, it seems to be having a bit of a moment so may date badly. I like Isobel

Beatrice Fiadh - Beatrice is lovely though I slightly prefer Beatrix, it has more spark.

Charlotte is much nicer than Maeve

I really like them and disagree that they don't go together! Go for it. Names are so subjective, you'll never please everyone. All you'll get here is a handful of opinions from people who likely have different taste to you. You probably wouldn't like their choice of names so go with what you like. You've picked 3 lovely, normal, meaningful names.

Are you going to the ‘French’ or ‘British’ parts of Canada and is it a permanent move?

If you love Beatrice, please use it.

Beatrice, Lara, Conor work well.

I would expect Conor will get “one N or two?” a lot.

@tchotchke Vancouver - long term but not permanent. Ideally we’d like to be back and settled in NI in time for them to start secondary school.

I'd go with Fiadh Beatrice instead. Conor, Maeve and Fiadh go better I think.

Lovely names! Maeve and Conor do go better together than Beatrice, but I don't think it is that important..? My name doesn't go with either of my siblings.

That said, if you love Beatrice, I'd go for something other than Maeve for your other dd. Maybe something like Niamh which I think is less irish sounding somehow? I'm Irish BTW.

@nocoolnamesleft Thank you! Currently 33 weeks and induction planned at 37 weeks.. nerves creeping in!

Maeve, Lara and Conor go well together - use Beatrice as a middle name?

I think triplets go through so much of their lives being known as 'the triplets', so I would make a deliberate decision to make sure they are individual names and not 'matchy'.

I personally would write Connor with 2xn if someone told me that was their name, so I imagine that might be a bit of an ongoing theme.

How lucky to behaving triplets. Congratulations OP. I like Beatrice, Charlotte and Isabelle/a. I'm not sure Connor as a more modern name goes with the more traditional sounding girls names. I'd go for a more traditional boys name tbh, but I like traditional names for DC.

Fiadh Beatrice works better I think

I like Fiadh Beatrice too!